Eraser device.



Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

IN VEN TOR.

J. AU LD. ERASER DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- ZI. I914.

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WITNESSES.-

JOHN AULD, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

' I ERASER DEVICE.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be; it known that 1, JOHN AULD, a citizen cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use- I am aware that there are several eraser devices on the market comprising an eraser member and a brush member but in all'these devices the brush member is rigid in reference to the eraser and projects radially therefrom or is tangential. In either'case the brush member is more or less in the way when the eraser is to be used, and when the brush is to be used the device must be turned around, this of course taking time besides; Furthermore,

permanently secured to the eraser member, become useless as soon as the eraser has been used up. Alsoin these earlier devices the brush holder is constructed usually of sheet metal, and this, together with the fact that the device becomes useless after the eraser has been used up, makes the device very expensive. l a

'One of the important objects of my invention is to provide an erasing device com prising an eraser member and a brush member but in which such members are not permanently connected, the brush member being so constructed that it can be detachably applied to an eraser member with the advantage that when the eraser is used up the brush can be applied to another eraser member, the brush being practically indestructible. Another important object is toprovide such arrangement that the members of the device are relatively adjustable in order that one member can assume various positions in relation to the other, this enabling the device to be used with greater convenience and" efficiency. Another object is to simplify the construction of the brush member by. con

structing the bristle holding frame of ordinary wire.

The various features of my invention are clearly shown on the accompanying drawing in which I j Figure 1 is a sideelevational viewofmy improved device, 1

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on plane-3-3,-

Specification of Letters Patent; Patented Feb, 20,1917, Application filed September 21 1914. Serial No. 862,740.

Fig. 1, showing only part of the brush holder, of the United States,- and a resident of Chi- Fig. 4 is an edge view showing one manner of using the device, thebrus'h member being swung at substantially right angles to the eraser, r

Fig. 5- shows another manner andapplying the device,

Fig. 6 1S2. side view showing modified conof holding struction. and arrangement, and

' Fig. 7 is a sectional view on plane 7'7,'

Fig. 6, showing only a part of the brushholder. T

- The device shown comprises the eraser member E'andjthe brush member B. The

eraser member is of the ordinary. circular kind comprising a rubber erasing disk 10,

the circular side plates. 11 and 12 and the hollow rivet 13 passing centrally through the side-plates and the eraser disk to provide the central opening 14. a

improved brush device comprises the holder 15 andthe brush 16',the holder being preferably in the form of a single piece of wire to form the loop Zand having its ends twisted together as indicated at tto the bristles of the brush,the bristles being further-held to the frame in any desired manner as by wire turns to. The base I) of the loop is straight and is received in thegroove or pocket 17 formed in one of the plates,shown in the figures as plate 11.

This groove is formed by deflecting the plate outwardly along a line between its eriphery and'itscenter. Into this pocket I? the base Z) of the loop Z can be readily inserted'by forcing .the base between the rubber disk and theplate until it reaches the pocket, the remaining part of the loop being preferably circular and of a diameter slightly larger than the plate 11 as clearly shown in Fig. 1. With this arrangement the eraser and brush members are relatively adjustable and the members can be swung into parallelism or at angles with each other. This enables the clamp eraser member to be used without being interferejd' withby the brush member and in such manner that the brush member can be used/after an erasing operation without having-first to turn the device around to get the brush into operative position. As shown in Fig. 1, the brush member may be swung to substantially right angles with the erasing member and the eraser member held in-ver tical' position between the thumb and forefinger and with the forefinger extending through the loop Zto hold the brush member in its angular position. With this arrangement the brush is available immediately af-.

ter an erasing operation by merely bending the wrist. Fig. 5 shows another manner of merely lifting the hand without changing the position of the device in the hand. he device can, of course, be held in any desired manner by graspingeither the eraser member alone or the brush member alone, or both together, and the members can be held in any relative position. The members. can also. bereadily removed one fromthe other if it is desiredto use one independently of;

the other. r

The eraser-will of course wear out comparatively quickly while the brushwill outs last, great many erasers. In earlier structures where the eraser member and brush; member are permanently secured together the. GlitllQQClGVlCB becomes useless as soon as the.

eraser becomes worn out. With my. detach,-

able arrangement however, assoon, as one. eraser is used'up another; eraser member can be applied. to the brush member. This greatly reduces the expense as it. will. be unnecessary to buy an entire outfit when one eraser has been. used up. The expense is also further reduced by the simple con struction of-thebrush member, the ordinary. wire frame not requiringexpensive dies or inner side for receiving a portion of} the frame, said franiebeing'l1eld to the eraser machinery for; its construction.

7 In Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown a modified arrangement. Instead ofusing a rivet to: hold the rubber dislrlO and the side plates 11 and-12 together I? use a detachable fastener lS comprising the head i andlthellegs i, if, the head engaging against one plate "and thelegs extending centrally through the plateand rubber. disk and having the ends. of; its .legsdeflected against, the opposite plate asclearly shown. The brush member-is con-. structed;substantially the same as in'Figs. 1;.

to,5 but instead of having the closing plate provided with an eccentric pocket or channel, one of the plates, as'for example plate 1l, has-t he diametrically extending pocket or channel 19, provided therein for receiving the base 6 ofthe brush member loop Z, the base extending between the legsz', 01 ofthe fastening member 18 asclearly shown.

This modified arrangement. allows relative adprstments of the eraser me ber, and'brush.

member, in the same manner as inthe con- 7 strnction-shownin Figs. 1-to5.- When the members I are connected I together in the ar-. rangement of Figs. 6 and 7 the-brushmem-v Goggles 0f, this. patent may, be obtainedfor her is locked against separation from the eraser. member. by the legs i, i of the fastening member, but by straightening these legs and-withdrawing the fastening member the brush member can be detached and a new eraser member readily applled thereto.

Idonot of, course desire to be limited to the construction and arrangements shown as other modifications are no doubt possible whiGh vould still come withinthe'scopeof my invention, and I claim'the following 'l.. In an erasing device,;the combination with, an erasing member comprising an eraser and. a supporting frame therefor, of a brush member havinga pivot-.barclamped between said eraser. andsupporting fr-ame to be free to .be swung to positionsat angles with the eraser. 7

2. In an erasing device, thecombination of an eraser, supporting sideplates therefor, one of: saidplates having a channel; in its inside, and: a brush. member-having; a pivot bar for detachably engaginginsaid channel between-said plate and. eraser and adapted to..be. swung into positions. at. angles with theeraser.

3. In an eraser deviC the combination with: fiat eraser member, of a.br.ush holder pivoted: thereto to swing. into positions at angles with the plane of the eraser: member, and a brush supportedby. said br u sh holder.

1. The combination with, an eraser. com prisinga, rubber-disk, side platesat opposite sides of;thediskand-means for holding said plates. against the disk. sides, a detachable frame inserted between one; of. saidplates and the disk, saldplate bemggroovedin its by its engagement in the groovedgplate and thefriction of the rubben disk.

5. The combination with an; eraser comprising a. rubbeudisk, central side platesat opposite sides of the disk andv means for holding said. plates against; the disk sides, of a. detachable supporting frame constructed ofwire and insertedat one-endbetween one of; said plates and the disk, said plate being grooved inits inner; side for receiving the wire of, the frame,.said frame being held to the eraserby itsengagement with; theygrooved plate and the friction of the rubber-dish, and bristles securedto the outer, endof; said wire frame, to form a brush. H 4

In witness-whereof I hereunto subscribe l r 41 B om,v I

A. H. ZIMMERMAN.

five cents eae11,;by; addressing the-f Commissionenof Patents, Washington, D. G. 

